There are slightly more detailed guidelines below, under their respective categories, but most boil down to the pretty self-explanatory titles of the categories (web poetry, web fiction, etc.) and "familiarize yourself with the journal, be awesome, etc."

If you have any questions, feel free to email aaron@hobartpulp.com.Please note, however, that most correspondence regarding submissions (withdrawals, etc) should be done here, via our online submission manager

Also note that we tend to like our nonfiction to be more about something and less "short memoir"-y pieces, if that makes any sense. If we think of a better way to explain that, we'll update this description.

For May, Mike Crossley is guest-editing poetry , reading submissions that come in all month!

What we want:

We want poetry from the margins—words that open new space without closing off recurring possibilities. There's no one type of poem that we prefer of the other, although we're interested in poetry that doesn't necessarily know it's poetry: work that the uncareful reader might mistake for prose. Send us your barroom promises, your church pew utterances, your missives from that broken place between language and experience. We are looking to be moved by the beauty in what is common.

Also, we like poems about dogs, possums, and ugly babies.

How we want it:

Send us 3 to 5ish previously unpublished poems in a single document along with a brief cover letter.

We're seeking submissions of photo portfolios for online publication. We aim to showcase work by both emerging and established photographers. Our aesthetic preferences range from documentary/fine art/street photography to surrealist work, but we are open to any genre so long as the pictures reflect the unique voices of their creators.

ALSO: We have been running serialized comics, "Sunday Comics," rotating through three different series. So, new installment of each every third week. "Those Bears" is, unfortunately, taking a hiatus until January. Interested in serializing a comic on Hobart? Pitch us something! Send some sample art, let's go from there!

These reviews work best when they're not the "traditional" book-report review. If you know a lot about music, that's cool; but if you don't, go with the story of how you found the music and what it means to you. Rolling Stone and Paste are doing a pretty good job of analyzing tunes: we aren't that. Tell us more about how this music relates to life: concrete things. Also, pair it with a drink. What goes down with these beats?

How we want it:

Format it with the pertinent information first: album title, artist, release date, label, length. Then the narrative. And finally, the drink.

A while back, I made a kinda off-handed joke on Facebook about journals charging reading fees, and the comments devolved mostly into jokes and criticizing other journals, and then Kyle Minor commented, "I'd pay $7.23 to submit to Hobart, I think," and so I created this category. Kinda, maybe, at least a little as a joke? But some of y'all are actually paying us $7.23 to consider your submission, hopefully intending it as a kind of donation in goodwill, for which we feel a little quilty but are hugely thankful.

So... basically... if you believe in us, believe that we're trying to do something good, and you want to drop a few dollars in our pockets for, then we appreciate it! And/or if you just think this ridiculously blatant money grab is $7.23 worth of funny, that works, too.

Paying this fee will not get you read any sooner, nor any more "personal comments." Unless you ask for them. Maybe. We'll consider submissions for the web, as print subs are not currently open.

Here's the deal: at some point, Kyle Minor made something of a joke, "I'd pay $7.23 to submit to Hobart, I think," and so I created the Kyle Minor submission. But $7.23 seems too much to charge for a submission, joke or not. But, the occasional supporter has been paying it, which we appreciate, obviously, so here's a more reasonable means of submitting and supporting at once.

Paying this fee will not get you read any sooner, nor any more "personal comments."

We'll consider submissions for the web right now, as print subs are closed.

This is essentially the same as WEB NONFICTION, but a subcategory not unlike "Food & Drink." I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for here, but pitch ideas. What would you like to see on the daily Hobart Web? More short interviews? Essays about...? It could also be some kind of specific fiction series. Dave Housley pitched a "commercial fiction" column, and we ran those for months and they even turned into a book! Rachel Yoder made a joke that we should do Breaking Bad fan fic, and then we did! Matt Sailor is currently writing "Great Moments in Cinematic Drinking," and Tabitha Blankenbiller chronicled her "Games of My Youth." Be brave, send ideas.